loved ones. Upon entering his domain at first glance he noticed his son laying in the foyer covered in red, he looked to his left and saw smoke coming from the chamber where he stored explosives, he immediately moved swiftly towards his son

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fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he is to be injured.

He felt like he was in a daze. What were these strange words that kept forming in his mind. Explosives? What is that, what are they used for? He had no knowledge of this thing called explosives. He shook his head and walked slowly to the boy. He glanced down and saw that the boy had a strong resemblance to Broken Trail and rightly so, for he was Broken Trail's brother!

He had been captured many years ago and was being raised as a son. Pohontos knelt down and felt for a heartbeat and felt a faint one. He then

remembered what explosives where, he gathered his son and made effort to get as far away to saftey as possible, as he moved with son in arms toward the castle entrance for his exit, he was suddenly propelled forward by a sudden blast of force simultaneous with a noise so horrific his hearing suddenly went

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fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he is to be injured.

meanwhile, the spirit of The Maiden floated gracefully over The Valley. her spirit reflected her long hair, now white, her fair skin, now like a transparent film, but her eyes still sparkled like blue diamonds. she sat upon a tree limb, watching ever so intently for.....

The essence of Broken Trail to show itself. She knew that his strong will to live and to complete the task would not allow him to leave this world so quickly. She looked at his mangled body lying there with the blood slowly spreading across the ground, a tear started fand flowed slowly down her cheek until finally it fell softly to the ground.

Touching the ground, the tear quickly spread across the ground, creating a

..a tranformation. it slowly crystalized everything in it's path, turning plants into living prisms. the light from the two suns radiated from them with such brilliance filling the surrounding area with every color imaginable. the light show lit up the once dark forest floor. the trees were so tall that no sun light was ever able to reach the ground.

Now, because of The Maiden's single tear, life was about to begin once more. She gently floated down and stood in the middle of the lights. the thousands of prisms sending beams of colors into her body. she extended her hand slowly and....

opening it revealed a small seed laying in her palm. Kneeling she placed the seed in the ground and then walked to the body of Broken Trail. Now nothing but a empty shell, the life having left him.

She reached down and touched him and the wounds slowly disappeared, the blood that had flowed into the ground formed a ring of white flowers around his body. The blood stains upon his clothing disappeared.

Broken Trail, slowly recovering, realized that something had happened but he was unable to comprehend completely. He looked around and then he stooped to pick up his water canteen and take a drink, he saw his machete laying nearby and wondered how did it get over there. He then looked down at the trail he had been following and he thought, oh hell, turned around and headed back to where they had made camp the night before.

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fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he is to be injured.